Can you show us the output of the following commands? :
cat /etc/ttys
tty1 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted
console
tty2 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted
console
tty3 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted
console
tty4 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted
console
tty5 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted
console
tty6 "/libexec/getty 38400" hurd on secure trusted
console
showtrans /dev/vcs
/hurd/console
showtrans /dev/tty[123456]
showtrans /dev/tty1 :
/hurd/term /dev/tty1 hurdio /dev/vcs/1/console
showtrans /dev/tty2 :
/hurd/term /dev/tty2 hurdio /dev/vcs/2/console
...
showtrans /hurd/console
nothing !?!